Arizona Forklift Parts

Arizona Forklift Parts - Arizona is a state situated in the southwestern area of the United States. It is likewise part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix. The second biggest city is Tucson, followed in size by eight Phoenix metropolitan area cities: Glendale, Mesa, Scottsdale, Chandler, Tempe, Gilbert, Surprise, Peora and after that by Yuma within Yuma County.

On February 14, the year 1912, the state of Arizona became the 48th state and the last among the contiguous states admitted to the Union. The state of Arizona is noted for its mild winter months, desert climate and extremely hot summers, but it likewise features mountain ranges and pine forests within the northern high country, with much cooler climate as opposed to the lower deserts.

The state of Arizona is among the Four Corners states. New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, and California borders Arizona, the state of Colorado touches the state as well. What's more, there is a 389-mile (626 km) international border Baja California and the Mexican state of Sonora. It is the biggest landlocked U.S. state by population. In addition to the Grand Canyon, a lot of other national parks, monuments and forests are located within the state, while more than a quarter of its area is Federal Trust Land that serves as the home of the Tohono O'odham, the Navajo Nation, the Hopi tribe, Apache and Yaqui people and several Yuman tribes, like for instance the Hualapai, Yavapai and Quechan.

The 2006 total gross state product was $232 billion. If Arizona were an independent nation along with all existing nations, in 2005, it would have had the 61st largest economy in the world, according to the CIA World Factbook. This figure gives Arizona State a larger economy than such countries as Ireland, Finland, and New Zealand. The state of Arizona currently has the 21st largest economy among states within the US. As a percentage of its overall budget, Arizona's expected $1.7 billion deficit for 2009 is one of the biggest in the US, behind states like for instance Texas, California, Florida and Michigan, to name a few.

The per capita income of the state ranks 39th within the country at around $41,000. The median household income of the state of Arizona ranks 22nd in the country, at around $51,000, that is just shy of the U.S. national median. Early during its history, Arizona's economy depended on the "five C's": cattle, copper, cotton, citrus, and climate (tourism). At one point the state of Arizona was the biggest producer of cotton in the United States. Copper is still extensively mined from lots of expansive underground mines and expansive open-pit, accounting for two-thirds of the nation's output.

The state government is Arizona's biggest employer, while Wal-Mart is the state's largest private business, with 17,343 employees in 2008. As of June 2010, the unemployment rate of the state is 9.6%.

The U.S. government owns nearly 70 percent of the land within Arizona, leasing a small portion of the public domain to ranchers and miners.